Raymond Van Houten had previously been the editor of [[Tesseract]] from 1937 till 1938. James V. Taurasi has previously published [[Cosmic Tales]] from 1937 till 1941. In 1955, he and Ray Van Houten had won the first [[Hugo Award for Best Fanzine]] for their publication [[Fantasy-Times]], which they published from 1941 till 1955. Beginning in 1956 Taurasi and Van Houten published [[Science Fiction Times]] with Frank Prieto.